Editing Pembroke, Maine (section)

==History==

Called ''Pennamaquan'' by the [[Passamaquoddy]] [[Native Americans of the United States|Indians]], the area was settled about 1774 as part of [[Dennysville, Maine|Dennysville]].<ref name="MAGDE">{{cite book |last= Maine League of Historical Societies and Museums |editor=Doris A. Isaacson |title=Maine: A Guide 'Down East' |year=1970 |publisher=Courier-Gazette, Inc. |location=Rockland, Me | pages = 284–285 }}</ref> It was set off and incorporated on February 4, 1832, by the [[Maine General Assembly|legislature]], which named it after [[Pembroke, Pembrokeshire|Pembroke]] in [[Wales]], a community with a history of wooden [[shipbuilding]] stretching back to the [[Middle Ages]]. With one of the finest harbors in Maine, Pembroke too became a shipbuilding center. Vessels were constructed here as early as 1825. By 1859, when the population was 1,712, there were seven [[shipyard]]s operating. Most [[schooner]]s constructed here were used either by the [[ship transport|coasting]] trade or [[fishery|fisheries]].<ref name=Coolidge>{{Cite book  | last = Coolidge  | first = Austin J.|author2=John B. Mansfield  | title = A History and Description of New England| publisher = A.J. Coolidge  | year = 1859| location = Boston, Massachusetts| pages = [https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ/page/n288 253]–254 | url = https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_OcoMAAAAYAAJ| quote = coolidge mansfield history description new england 1859.  }}</ref>

Pembroke also had a [[stoneworking|stone factory]], three [[sawmill]]s, one [[gristmill]], four [[roof shingle|shingle]] mills and four [[lath]] machines. Near the [[head of tide]] stood the Pembroke Iron Company, established in 1832 and by 1856 producing almost 5,000 tons of [[iron]] spikes, [[rivet]]s and [[nail (fastener)|nails]] a year.  Another occupation was [[agriculture]].<ref name="Coolidge"/> In 1880, the town's population was 2,324.<ref>{{Cite book
  | last = Varney
  | first = George J.
  | title = Gazetteer of the state of Maine. Pembroke
  | place = Boston
  | publisher = Russell
  | year = 1886
  | url = http://history.rays-place.com/me/pembroke-me.htm
  }}
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